SOONIK KWON SOONIK KWON

SOONIK KWON

SOONIK KWON
SOONIK KWON

Soonik Kwon is a Korean artist, born in 1959, in Seoul, South Korea.
He is a graduate of Fine Arts Department at the Sejong University.
Soonik has exhibited his works in numerous exhibitions locally and internationally, mainly in North and South America, but also in Europe.
His mixed mixed media paintings and installations were exhibited more than 30 times in solo exhibitions and more than 50 times in group exhibitions all over the world. In 2008 he also participated in residency program in Spain and Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea. The artist’s oeuvre is in collections of i.e. Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC) in Venezuela, Sungnam Art Center, Cosmo Art Gallery in Spain and Museo de Arte del Tolima in Colombia as well as numerous private collections in China, Singapore, Venezuela and Europe.

ARTWORKS

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS,COLLECTIONS

SOLO AND INVITED EXHIBITIONS

2021
Art Sohyang Gallery, Busan, Korea
2020
Whitewave Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2448 moon Fine Arts, Seoul, Korea
Jeongsu Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2019
Miaja Gallery, Singapore
2018
Saphira & Ventura Gallery, New York, USA
DYC Gallery, Daegu, Korea
‘Pile up & Rub’, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2017
‘Absence of Ego’, Imaginart Gallery, Spain
2016
Gail Art Museum, Korea
Art Sohyang Gallery, Busan, Korea
‘La ausencia del ego’, Museo de Arte Moderno “Juan Astorga Anta”(MAMJAA), Merida, Venezuela 2015 UNC gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015
Museo de Arte contemporaneo del Zulia, Venezuela
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
2014
‘Absence of Ego’, Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2013
Art Sohyang Gallery, Busan, Korea
2011
Whitehall Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Let’s Play ! Let’s get inspired !’, Mokin Museum, Seoul, Korea
LGM Arte International, Bogota, Colombia
‘Lectura de la Metafora’, Espacio de UBS Punta del Este, Uruguay 2011 MYRA Gallery, MIAMI, USA
2010
‘Metaphorical Time’, Baik Song Gallery, Seoul. Korea
’Lectura de la Metafora’ Museo de Arte del Tolima, Ibague, Colombia
’Lectura de la Metafora’, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de El Pais, Montevideo, Uruguay 2009 Art Figuratif, Art Seoul Center, Hangaram, Seoul. Korea
2008
’Read’, Baik Song Gallery, Seoul. Korea
2007
Gallery Hankook IlBo, Seoul, Korea
2006
Gallery Jorge Ontiveros, Madrid, Spain
2005
Art Seoul, Seoul Art Center, Hangaram, Seoul, Korea
Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004
Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021
Saphira & Vetura Gallery, New York, USA
Miaja Art Colletion, Singapore
Korea Galleries Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2020
Saphira & Ventura Gallery, New York, USA
2014-2020
KIAF(Korea International Art Fair), COEX, Seoul, Korea
2019
Art Sohyang Gallery, Busan, Korea
2018
CONTEXT New York, New York, USA
ART BUSAN, Busan, Korea
2017
CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, USA
2016
SCOPE Miami Beach, Miami, USA
Yangpyeong Art Museum
2013
Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, France
Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
2012-2009
KIAF(Korea International Art Fair), COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011
SH - The Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China
AHAF SEOUL - Asia TOP Gallery Hotel Fair, Seoul, Korea
SCOPE Art Fair, New York, USA
MIA Miami International Art Fair, Miami, USA
Taipei Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan
2010
Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2009
Comparaisons, Grand Palais - Champs- Elysées – Paris, France
ICAA Seoul International Art Fair, Chosun ilbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2008
‘2008 Beijing Olympic International Exchange Exhibition’ Xian, China
Art Madrid, Madrid, Spain
‘Monthly Chosun, Selected by Critics, 55 Contemporary Korean Artists’, Seoul Art Center, Hangaram, Seoul, Korea 2007
‘Encuentro Cultural’, Galeria Jorge Ontivero, Madrid, Spain
2007
‘2007 en Siguenza’, Cosmo Arte Gallery, Alicante Spain
2006
Exchange culture Exhibition of Korea-USA, Washington, USA
2005
Exchange Culture Exhibition for the year of Korea, Germany

 

COLLECTIONS

Korea National Diplomatic Academy / Museo de Arte Contemporaneo del Zulia, Venezuela Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo / Caracas, Venezuela Museo de Arte del Tolima, Colombia / Taepyungyang(Construction company) / Sungnam Art Center / Pakyoungsa (Publishing company) / Hankukilbo (Newspaper) / The Haitai Confectionery and Foods Co., Ltd / LG Chemistry / OCI Company Co., Ltd / Cosmo Arte Gallery, Spain / Private Collection- Singapore, Venezuela, China

 

IMAGES

Interstice-(4-07), 41.0 x 31.7 cm, Mixed media on canvas, 2021
Pile up & Rub Interstice 130.3 x 97.0 cm, Mixed media on canvas, 2021
Pile up & Rub Interstice (4-08), 72.7 x 60.6 cm, Mixed media on canvas, 2021
Interstice-(06-2), 60.0 x 60.0 cm, Mixed media on canvas, 2020
Interstice (5-05) 60.0 x 60.0 cm, Mixed media on canvas, 2020

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